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Kway Fay was once a "Cockroach Child", a homeless scavenger on Hong Kong’s waterfronts. Now grown, she lives in a squatter shack on the mountain slopes, and commutes daily to her job as a lowly office clerk. She survives by paying bribes if she has to, and keeping silent when abused. Her only ally is Grandmother’s Ghost.
Hong Kong is in turmoil, as this is the time just before the Handover, when the People’s Republic of China will repossess the Crown Colony. Hongs and Triads, underworld organizations above the law, are concerned, for China’s policy is to eliminate criminal cliques.
The head of a Triad learns of the impoverished "no-family" girl who talks to ghosts, and wonders if she is a way out of his dilemma. Except that superstition is forbidden by the incoming regime. The girl might be the last chance for his Triad’s survival.
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Jonathan Gash is the author of a number of crime novels including the popular Lovejoy series. A qualified doctor, specialising in tropical medicine, he lists his hobbies as antique collecting and his family. Jonathan lives in Essex.
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Definitely another collector's item from the very talented Mr Gash --Bolton Evening News
An enthralling yarn that walks a perilous line between socio-political reality and a fascinating dream world of the unique heroine's making --Maxim Jakubowski, the Guardian
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- PublisherAllison and Busby
- Publication date2005
- ISBN 10 0749083166
- ISBN 13 9780749083168
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages288
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